Security challenges in the distributed cloud computing
by Ikechukwu Nwobodo; Hossein Jahankhani; Aloysius Edoh
International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics (IJESDF), Vol. 6, No. 1, 2014

Abstract: Cloud computing has altered the overall representative picture which distributed computing present in IT environment such as grid and server client computing. Cloud computing has born a new innovative meaning to off-premises and distributed computing. Although cloud computing offers more economical benefits than traditional computing, it undoubtedly introduces an imaginable security challenges to information control, management, access and storage from on-premises to off-premises. This paper focuses on security challenges in distributed cloud, describes cloud computing, models and services. Analysis cloud security challenges and presents discussions on considerable solutions to protect threats against confidentiality, integrity and availability of cloud data. This paper presents an implementation of Private Cloud Computing and evaluates its security features.

Online publication date: Tue, 17-Jun-2014

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